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Congressional candidate Don Beyer greets voters next to another candidate, Bill Euille, 2nd from left, outside the Durant Arts Center as Virginia voters take to the polls in the state's 8th congressional district to choose a Democratic nominee in the race to succeed retiring Rep. James P. Moran (D) on June 10, 2014.

Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat likely to enter the U.S. House in January, has created a leadership political action committee to help Democratic candidates in more competitive Nov. 4 elections. “Don wanted to start a PAC right away in order...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor never spoke in any of his television ads, other than to say he approved them. Sen. Lindsey Graham didn’t bring up the hot-button immigration issue in his TV spots, focusing instead on South Carolina issues...

One of the candidates hoping to succeed outgoing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Congress has sent out a plea for campaign contributions. The Democratic nominee, that is. College professor Jack Trammell says in a fundraising e-mail that Cantor’s upset...

When Tom Davis led the campaign arm of House Republicans, the northern Virginia Republican had advice for colleagues running for re-election amid an anxious electorate. “Spend your money and run through the tape; don’t take any chances, because an unsettled...

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he won a Republican primary last week in South Carolina with well-coordinated paid media and get-out-the-vote operations that defined him as “a conservative leader who gets things done.” “We had a lot of money, but we...

It was one of those nights you’ll remember years later where you were and what you were doing. For this political junkie, the first indelible image of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s unprecedented defeat — or at least the real...

Updated at 10:10, 10:30 and 10:55 pm EDT David Brat accused Eric Cantor of promoting “amnesty” for the undocumented. Now Brat, a Tea Party-backed college professor, is deporting Cantor from the Capitol. Cantor’s primary election loss to Brat today may...

What share of the Republican primary vote does House Majority Leader Eric Cantor win today in central Virginia? And which Democrat wins a primary in an open district in northern Virginia? Those are the two biggest things to watch in...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina needs a majority of votes in a seven-candidate primary election today to avoid a June 24 runoff between the top two finishers. Graham would be a heavy favorite to win a third term...

Ed Gillespie, onetime chairman of the Republican National Committee and onetime communications director for President George W. Bush, has dispensed with the formalities of a primary election in embarking on his bid to unseat a popular sitting senator, Democrat Mark...